1.       About rules no.3 “one group consists of 6 – 10 students including narrator and crews”, i just wanna confirm that, does it mean that for example, I have 10 casts, and because the max.no.of people is 10, those 10 casts also become the crew (set the background, props, etc.)? If the answer is yes, does it mean that this is also true: for example i have 6 casts, and i can add 4 more people acting as only crews. (as long as there are max.10 people on stage, it is allowed?)As a comparison, last year, it was clarified by the committee that 10 people is the number of the cast, and the number of crew was not stated / limited (since to provide and to build a background setting you’ll need a lot of people).

è In the rules the committee wrote that no additional person is allowed to help during the performance, however, if a particular team has some unofficial crews to help them bringing stuffs such as the background settings or costumes, or doing their make ups, it’s perfectly fine because those are the things done not within the performance. Yet, during the performance, only 10 persons are allowed to be on stage and backstage. So yes, if all the 10 become the casts, they also should be the crews during the performance. The next statement is also true. The thing is, during the performance, only 10 persons are allowed to take part. The unofficial crews are not allowed to give any help during the performance. Besides that, only the 10 persons will be acknowledged as participants and thus only the 10 will get the facilities from the committee such as certificates, booklets, and co-cards. The committee can still provide snacks for the unofficial crews with additional fee and the number of the unofficial crews must be informed beforehand.

2.       Is the sound operator included in the amount of 10 people mentioned as crew above?

è Yes, since the sound operator operates during the performance.

è In the preliminary, one-letter mistake is considered wrong.

2.       Is there any specific theme for prelim and final round?

è No, the theme for the preliminary and final round will be general. However, the final round will have a higher word difficulty level than the preliminary round.

3.       For quarter final and semi final round: rules no.7: “asking to repeat the word, define, use it in a sentence”

·         should this be included within the 10 seconds, or it is allowed to be asked after the 10 seconds?

è That should be included within the 10 seconds.

·         If it must be within the 10 secs, will asking these things reduce the 10 second time, or the time will pause?

è If the contestant chooses to use the hint, the time will be paused while the pronouncer is explaining the word’s hint.

·         Can the participant ask for all these 3 helps?

è Yes, they can.

4.       For the semi final round: ‘each word has different point’. But the committee will make sure that each paper contains word list that is in equal level and points with the word list in the other papers, right?

è Yes, of course we will.

5.       For quarter and semi final: will the committee ensure that the level of words will be the same between one participant and the others?

è The 3-5 minutes will be for two participants since they will be performing in groups of two.

2.       The grouping system that you use in the prelim:

a.       To what extent does this grouping affect the scoring of EACH participant?

è We will inform the judges that the grouping must not blur the grading. Each participant will be graded purely by their individual competence in reading the news.

b.      Just want to clarify: there are 2 scripts to be read by 2 people, who are going to perform in one turn / group. Will one script be read by 2 people in turn (secara bergantian)?

è It doesn’t have to be the first in its kind. It is perfectly fine to be creative as long as it is about profession related to Indonesian culture.

2.       There is a difference between the explanation of the final round on the 1st page (the short one, labeled as point C) and the one in the next two pages (the longer explanation about the final round). Will the final round use mystery box, or envelopes containing a number? Will the finalist develop a story based on a property they take, or based on a series of pictures?